Sourcefire, the creator of Snort and a provider of cybersecurity solutions, today announced integration between Sourcefire and VMware vShield App and vShield Edge.
The integrations enable the Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) to configure VMware vShield App or vShield Edge to dynamically restrict any policy-violating activity within a customer’s virtual environment.
The Sourcefire IPSTM integrated with VMware vShield products provides users with application detection, application control and real-time adaptive security.
With this ability to enforce security policies, the integration between Sourcefire and VMware vShield solutions helps users reduce the risk of a security breach or data loss. The Sourcefire IPS monitors real-time network and user activity in a virtual environment, detecting policy violations such as the use of unauthorized applications on non-standard ports or unpermitted access to a critical host.
When a violation is identified, Sourcefire uses VMware vShield APIs to dynamically configure vShield App or vShield Edge to restrict the activity causing the violation.